Washing-machine



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PETER Z. ALLEN, OF KNOX, NEW YORK.

WASHING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent N o. 28,821, dated June 26, 1860.

To all whom t may concern: e

Be it known that I, PETER Z. ALLEN, of the town of Knox, in the county of Albany and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Machine for Washing or Rubbing Clothes; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which Figure l, is a longitudinal section, Fig. 2, is a side elevation, Fig. 3, is a plan.

The nature of my invention consists in the use of two rubbers, so arranged that one shall hold the clothes in one direct-ion whilst the other operates on them in a contrary direction.

Description: A, A, box or tub; a, a, feet or legs, supporting the same, (box or tub) B, concave bottom fitted in the same tub.

C, C, O-are two convex rubbers, secured to arms D, D; d, an elongated slot; E, a cross bar passing through at the upper end of the arms, D, D, which swing freely on the bar.

F, F, are two bracket arms, which receive cross bar, E, on their upper ends, and are attached to the box, A, by means of pivot or hinges, f. These arms or brackets are represented elevated on F ig; 2, for the purpose of receiving the clothes to be washed; and Fig. l, shows them lowered when in a position to work.

G, G, are a series of slats, in the concave bottom, B

H, H, H, are slats secured to the convex surface of rubbers, O, C, C.

I, I, I, are a ne row of slats on one side of the concave bottom, used for Soaping the clothes.

J, J, J, J, are cross bars or stays for strengthening the sides of the rubber.

K, K, are two connecting rods.

One end of each is secured by means of a stay, J, to the rubber, O, C. J, J, the other ends of these connections, K, K, are attached to cranks, L, on the cross shaft, M, represented in Fig. 3, said cranks, being arranged on opposite sides in such a manner that the shaft, M, in revolving imparts an alternate reciprocating motion, to said rubbers, O, O. The cross shaft, M, revolves in bearings in the side of the tub, A, and projects a suflicient distance on one side to receive pinion, N, which meshes into spur wheel, O, secured to a short shaft, P. One end of said shaft revolves in a bearing in the side of the tub, and the other end is supported by a bracket bearing, Q, attached to the frame.

R, is the crank provided with a handle by turning which a rotary motion is imparted i to crank shaft, M, by wheel, O, and pinion, N, while at the same time, the alternate reciprocating motion is communicated to the rubbers, O, C.

I disclaim each and several the parts herein mentioned.

lVhat I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination and arrangement of the convex rubbers C, C, C, upright arms D, D, slot cl, cross bars E, bracket arms F, pivots f, cross-bars J, J, J, J, connecting rods K, K, shaft M, when used for the purposes specified.

-PETER z. ALLEN.

litnesses GEORGE WoLroRn, JACOB D. SETTLE. 

